50 CFR 224.104
§ 224.104 Special requirements for fishing activities to protect endangered sea turtles.
United States · 50 CFR — Wildlife and Fisheries · Status: effective
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- 50 CFR 224.104, § 224.104 Special requirements for fishing activities to protect endangered sea turtles, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/420193
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(a) Shrimp fishermen in the southeastern United States and the Gulf of America who comply with rules for threatened sea turtles specified in § 223.206 of this chapter will not be subject to civil penalties under the Act for incidental captures of endangered sea turtles by shrimp trawl gear.
(b) Summer flounder fishermen in the Summer flounder fishery-sea turtle protection area who comply with rules for threatened sea turtles specified in § 223.206 of this chapter will not be subject to civil penalties under the Act for incidental captures of endangered sea turtles by summer flounder gear.
(c) Special prohibitions relating to sea turtles are provided at § 223.206(d).
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.